> The DRI website contains a few other inaccuracies about ATI's > Radeon video hardware. Nothing mission critical, but it is > incorrect: > > http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/radeon_naming.html > > Radeon VE a.k.a Radeon 7000, is not R100, it is RV100. So what does this mean for users of DRI? > Another thing missing is the original "Radeon LE", which was made > by a third party in the Asian region. This card is claimed to > have no TCL unit, however it is a Radeon QD and is identical to > any other Radeon R100 cards (which are also QD), and does in fact > have a TCL unit. I believe the BIOS and/or Windows drivers for > this card simply disable the TCL unit, but since the chip is a > QD, like all other QD boards, it has a TCL unit. It's not missing: * Radeon DDR / LE Hidden right in front of you. <g>
> The only > difference I know of between this board, and the real "Radeon > 7200" aka "Radeon 64 DDR", is the type and speed of the memory, > and that the TCL unit is somehow disabled via software. 7200 is SDR. > * Radeon 8700 (FireGL) > > It's really called "FireGL 8700" and "FireGL 8800", and both are > as stated on the page Radeon R200 based chips, but neither was > ever marketed as "Radeon 8700" or "Radeon 8800", so that will > just confuse anyone reading it. It is more correct to list this > card the way that ATI names it, under it's FireGL name. Done. > At the bottom of the page: > > * 7X00 denotes a R100 based card. > > Should be removed, as Radeon 7000, is RV100, not R100. We are in disagreement about the relevance of the V. > Also, ATI just released 3 new cards this week, none of which are > supported in X yet, but which are likely incredibly easy to add > support for once the PCI IDs are known. The Radeon 9200 Pro, > Radeon 9600 Pro, and Radeon 9800 Pro Also non-Pro versions of these cards. > Radeon 9200 Pro == RV280 Only problem is that we're beginning to embrace ATI's marchitecture, eg a RV280 is a RV250 on a card with AGP 8x. What is the point of this card? From what spec's I can gather it's going to be smacked around by the recently renamed R9100, so much for numbering schemes. > Radeon 9600 Pro == R300 RV350 > Radeon 9800 Pro == R300 R350 > Just thought I'd post this to help improve the accuracy and > completeness of that Radeon page. It is certainly becoming accurately and completely confusing. Someone over at ATI is playing silly buggers with a once understandable numbering scheme. I think their product line is becoming too large in an attempt to achieve greater market segmentation. I'm trying to strike a balance between keeping it simple and providing all pertinent information. Liam ---- it depends ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open! Get cracking and register here for some mind boggling fun and the chance of winning an Apple iPod: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0031en _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
